nán wei
to bother
to press sb, usu. to do sth
it's a tough job
sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor)
gōng wei
to praise
to speak highly of
compliment
praise
zhōng wèi
lieutenant (navy)
first lieutenant (army)
subaltern
Zhōng wèi
Zhongwei prefecture level city in Ningxia
Sān guó yǎn yì
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Lúo Guàn zhōng], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains
Zhōng Yáo
Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷书
bù gǎn gōng wei
to be underwhelmed
to be less than impressed
Zhōng Yáo
Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书[kai3 shu1]
gōng wei
variant of 恭維|恭维[gong1 wei5]